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Rapturous Reds
October 14, 2011 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Join us Friday, October 14, at 7 p.m., as we experience “Rapturous Reds” as presented by our own Michael Fritze, who has spent his summer meticulously researching candidates for this tasting.
The winemakers represented at this tasting are part of the red wine revolution currently underway in Germany. German red wines tend to be not like the fruity red wines we know from warmer countries. Rather, they show as lean and more elegant, with a lot of finesse.
30 years ago, in the international scene, people would not talk about German red wine. This has changed, and rightly so. Germany now produces red wines that compete with the best of the world. The share of red wines in terms of production has increased from 10 percent in the 1980s to about 35 percent now in Germany.
The wines we will taste:
TROLLINGER: This very old red variety probably originated in, and derives its name from, Tirol, where it is known as Schiava (Italy) and Vernatsch (Austria). A large yielder that ripens very late, it produces fragrant, fruity, light wines with a pronounced acidity.*
NV Winzergenossenschaft Württemberg, Trollinger
SPÄTBURGUNDER: In Germany, the Spätburgunder is to red wine what the Riesling is to white wine: the cream of the crop. In fact, Germany is the world’s third largest producer of Pinot Noir. The German name for the grape is Spätburgunder – late (spät) ripening pinot (burgunder).*
2008 August Kessler Spätburgunder Qualitätswein Trocken, Rheingau (Assmanshausen)
2010 Vier Jahreszeiten Pinot Noir Qualitätswein, Pfalz (Bad Dürkheim)
2008 Meyer-Näkel Blauschiefer (Blue Slate) Pinot Noir Qualitätswein Trocken, Ahr
2008 Knipser Blauer Spätburgunder Trocken, Pfalz (Laumersheim)
2008 Becker Estate Pinot Noir Qualitätswein, Pfalz (Schweigen)
2008 Villa Wolf Pinot Noir, Pfalz (Ernst Loosen owned)
DORNFELDER: Among new varieties, the Dornfelder shows great promise. A prolific, relatively early ripener, it produces wine far deeper in color than is typical of German reds.* Additionally, Dornfelder produces wines heavier and noticeably more tannic than spätburgunder.
2009 Windsong VA Dornfelder
2008 Georg Albrecht Schneider Dornfelder Qualitaetswein Trocken, Rheinhessen (Nierstein)
2007 Weingut Binz Dornfelder Trocken, Rheinhessen (Nackenheim)
2008 Weingut Walter Merk Dornfelder Trocken, Pfalz
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